The pubs refusing to show the World Cup over Qatar’s human rights record

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'We wouldn’t want to make money from this World Cup.' Dozens of pubs and bars up and down the UK are refusing to show any World Cup matches in protest against Qatar’s human rights abuses.

However, the bar owner did say if the England team ‘make a statement’ whilst they are there, he might consider tuning into the games.

Nicola Moxham, landlady of the Mustard Pot in Leeds, said: ‘We always show the big football matches, we always show the World Cup. ‘I hadn’t at that point, and then I started to look into it a bit more and realised it is distressing for a lot of people. So we’ve had a U-turn and we’re no longer showing it.’The Key Club music venue in Leeds said: ‘We wanted to create a safe space where people felt comfortable watching the football.

Nicola Moxham, landlady of the Mustard Pot, said her regulars had started to raise concerns over her pub’s showing of the tournament

 

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Hope when you win it by any chance you still protest and forfeit it.

I guess they will be protesting the national team for taking part in an event in a country with human rights abuse 🤔🤔🤨🤨

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